The eng-leadership taxonomy
Ten branches covering the jobs to be done leading an engineering org through the agentic transition. Free to read, nothing gated, every definition citable.
Strategy
Deciding where, when, and how AI adoption enters the engineering org.
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Agentic SDLC
What changes in the software development lifecycle once agents do real work in it.
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Talent
Hiring, leveling, and developing engineers for an agent-augmented org.
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Teams
How team composition and ratios shift once agents take on execution work.
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Org structure
The platform and enablement functions that support agentic adoption at scale.
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Project management
Measuring whether agentic adoption is actually changing delivery outcomes.
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Leading the transition
The change-management work of building the case and sequencing adoption.
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Running the program
The operating cadence that keeps agentic rollout from stalling after the first pilot.
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Risk and governance
Keeping agent-authored code and autonomous actions inside acceptable risk bounds.
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The leader
What the agentic transition actually demands of the person leading it.
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